News Releases and Statements

Jesus Almendarez-Castillo, a previously deported Mexican national with a prior drug conviction, was sentenced Friday for illegally re-entering the United States after deportation. The sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

A man who fled to the United States after previously being deported to Mexico in 2004 was deported again on Friday to face charges in Mexico of aggravated robbery with a firearm.

A Mexican national residing in Wisconsin was sentenced to one year and a day in prison Friday for illegally re-entering the United States after deportation.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that 8,893 Mexican citizens agreed to voluntarily return to their hometowns in the interior of Mexico by participating in the Mexican Interior Repatriation Program (MIRP), a bilaterally beneficial voluntary program that ensures the safe and swift return of Mexican nationals found..

As part of the Obama administration's ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced the results of a seven-day national 'Cross Check' enforcement operation-which led to the arrest of more than 2,900 convicted criminal aliens.

Moreno was deported from the United States to his native Mexico in May 1994, following a federal conviction for distribution of cocaine. ICE HSI investigators believe Moreno illegally re-entered the U.S. sometime in February 2000, without first obtaining the consent of the Department of Justice or the Department of Homeland Security to reapply fo

In two unrelated immigration cases, two men received substantial prison sentences following their convictions for illegally re-entering the United States after being previously deported, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.

Efrain Espinoza-Quintana, a Mexican citizen wanted in his native country for his involvement in a fight in May 2006 in which he is accused of killing a man with a handgun, was turned over to prosecutors from the Mexican Attorney General's Office at the border crossing here Tuesday by agents from ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

Three and a half hours after departing John F. Kennedy International Airport, on what seemed to be an uneventful flight, ICE Immigration Enforcement Agents Lonnie Cody and Carl Ulmer were approached by a flight attendant, asking for assistance with an uncooperative passenger.

Ivan Hernandez-Barroso, a fugitive who was wanted for allegedly killing a woman who refused to dance with him at a party, was deported Tuesday to Mexico where he faces homicide charges. This removal was conducted by agents with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

As a result of an investigation by ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), Kevin Barry McAuley, an illegal alien from Ireland and a recent resident of Helena, Mt., was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of illegally re-entering the United States and unlawfully possessing ammunition.

A citizen of Nepal was convicted on Thursday on four counts of failing to comply with his order of deportation.

Ko-Suen Moo, 64, was arrested Nov. 9, 2005, by HSI special agents in Miami for trying to buy sophisticated military parts, including an F-16 fighter jet engine, to export to the People's Republic of China without obtaining an export license from the U.S. Department of State.

Hernandez had previously been convicted six times of driving under the influence of alcohol. Additionally, he had been convicted for public intoxication, twice for theft of property and once for possession of a forged instrument.

A Costa Rican national wanted on an International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) Red Notice for indecent assault, sexual abuse of a minor and corruption of minors in his native country was deported from the United States Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers.

Rutilio Cabrera-Flores, 30, formerly of New Britain, Conn., was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in jail followed by two years of supervised release for illegally re-entering the United States following his deportation in a case investigated by U.S. ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

Cipriano Diaz-Galiana, a Mexican national with multiple felony convictions and seven previous removals was sentenced in federal court for re-entering the United States after deportation after an investigation conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). At the time of his arrest, he had at his residence, seven firearms...

Mauricio Antonio Alvarenga-Vasquez, an MS-13 gang member from El Salvador, was arrested by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the West Orange, N.J. Police Department.

Man from the Netherlands identified through ICE's Secure Communities program

A Mexican citizen wanted in his native country for the murder of an off-duty Border Patrol agent eight years ago was turned over to prosecutors from the Mexican Attorney General's Office at the border crossing here Wednesday morning by officers from U.S. ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

A Croatian national wanted for fleeing a murder sentence in his native country was deported on Monday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

Geraldo Ricardo Miranda, a Brazilian national wanted by law enforcement authorities in his native country for murder, was turned over to Brazilian law enforcement authorities today by officers with U.S. ICE 's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) in Miami.

Pedro Pimentel Rios, 54, arrived in Guatemala on board an ICE Air Operations charter removal flight and was immediately turned over to Guatemalan law enforcement officials. The Santa Ana, Calif., maintenance worker is wanted in his native country on criminal charges for his role in the Dos Erres massacre.

The most-wanted fugitive in Florida was arrested on Friday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).